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DDT 10/7/23 & 10/8/23 Results

DDT ran 2 events yesterday and today, continuing the GOD BLESS DDT 2023 Tour yesterday and following up with a free mini-event today.

Yesterday’s event was held at Sanjo City Welfare Hall in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 253, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Rukiya.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. KANON pinned Sumi after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 3: Super Sasadango Machine beat Danshoku DIeno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Dieno. Sanjo City Mayor Ryo Takizawa, in attendance for the event, interfered to help Machine win. Machine headbutted the Mayor then and demanded a match, which did not happen.

Match 4: Yukio Naya beat MJ Paul.

Match 5: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Okatani pinned Koroku with a double arm suplex.

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu (All-Japan) to retain the titles. Akiyama pinned Omori after a wrist-clutch Exploder. V1 for the champs. Next up: Sakaguchi & Okatani. That match will happen on 11/3 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and will be held under PWF (All-Japan) Rules.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito. Ueno pinned Akito after WR.

Today’s event was held at Akos Event Square in Saitama and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The attendance was not announced because this was a free event. It was also an outdoor event.

Match 1: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuma Sumi. Okatani pinned Sumi with a double arm suplex.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Akito, Yukio Naya, Takeshi Masada & Rukiya. Endo pinned Rukiya after a swiveling torture rack bomb.

Match 3: HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Antonio Honda beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima. HARASHIMA pinned Kojima after Blue Sword. HARASHIMA was presented with a special sponsor prize afterwards for being the winner.

The next event is Saturday at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido for a weekend doubleheader. There will be no live broadcasts.

All-Japan 10/8/23 Results

All-Japan began their October tour, the 51st Anniversary Tour (marking the promotion’s beginning in October 1972), with a house show today in Yamagata.

Today’s event was held at Supaku Yanabe in Yamagata and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 333.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Takaaki Iwasaki.

Match 2: Takao Omori beat Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Yoshifumi Iwamoto went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Hideki Suzuki (Po Wrestling NOAH) & Takuya Nomura beat Ryo Inoue & Yuma Anzai. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a double arm suplex.

Match 5: Hokuto Omori beat Dan Tamura.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Suwama beat Jun & Rei Saito & KONO. Aoyagi pinned Jun Saito after THE FOOL.

The next event is tomorrow at Kakuda CIty General Gym in Miyagi with Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. the Saito Bros. for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

AEW Collision 10/7/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Salt Lake City, UT:

The show aired an hour earlier than usual for unknown reasons.

Ricky Starks & Big Bill beat AEW Tag Team Champions FTR to become THE NEW AEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Starks pinned Dax Harwood after a spear.

Bryan Danielson beat Kyle Fletcher.

Juice Robinson & Gunn Club beat Angelico, Gravity & Metalik. Robinson pinned Metaik.

Nick Wayne promo. Pre-taped.

The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn beat Iron Savages & Jacked Jameson. Max Caster pinned ? after Mic Drop.

Toni Storm beat Kiera Hogan.

Stip announced for Tuesday’s AEW Women’s Championship Match (Saraya vs. Hikaru Shida)-No Ruby Soho at ringside.

ROH World Champion Eddie Kingston beat Komander to retain the title.

Adam Copeland promo. Lichasaurus & Nick Wayne beatdown until Darby Allin makes the save but he gets a beatdown too.

End Show.

New Japan 10/7/23 Results (Updated 10/8)

New Japan wrapped up the Road to DESTRUCTION Tour today with the final event before Monday’s blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Building Exhibition Hall C in Miyagi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1089.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg beat Yuto Nakashima.

Match 2: Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Oskar Leube, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI. Khan pinned Leube after Royal Right.

Match 3: Best of 7 Series Match 6: El Desperado, Ren Narita & Minoru Suzuki beat Master Wato, Shota Umino & Yuji Nagata. Suzuki pinned Nagata after a Gotch-style piledriver. Suzuki’s team leads 3-2-1.

Match 4: El Phantasmo, Tanga Loa, KUSHIDA, Jado & Tama Tonga beat Drilla Mooney, Gedo, Chase Owens, Clark Connors & David Finlay. Tonga pinned Gedo after Gun Stun.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi & SANADA. Kanemaru pinned DOUKI after Touch Out.

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Yoh, Tomohiro Ishii, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsua Naito. Yoh was the only winner left, last eliminating Takahashi.

The next event is DESTRUCTION in RYOGOKU, the October blowout event, Monday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The live broadcast in Japan will only be on ABEMA and available on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

10/8 UPDATE: At a pre-event presser for DESTRUCTION, a late change was announced for the event: Lio Rush is off due to the illness that kept him off the last few events. He was to have faced IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi and Mike Bailey in a 3-way for the title. Yoh is the replacement. Monitor for potentially more last-second changes as Bailey could be cutting it close on making it to the event in time due to other international commitments.

Dragon Gate 10/6/23 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour today with their monthly mid-major Tokyo event.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1296)

Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. vs. Don Fujii & Yoshiki Kato went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Kagetora & Problem Dragon beat Ho Ho Lun & Daiki Yanagiuchiz Kagetora beat Yanagiuchi with a modified camel clutch.

Match 3: Genki Horiguchi beat Yasushi Kanda.

Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki beat Kenichiro Arai.

Match 5: BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Shuji Kondo & Eita. Shimizu pinned Eita after Shot Put Slam.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Kzy, Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. ISHIN pinned U-T after Jinchu.

Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & Naruki Doi and Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia in a 3-way elimination match, when YAMATO eliminated Ben-K then Tominaga eliminated Yoshioka, to win the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship. YAMATO, Kid & Tominaga become the 87th Open The Triangle Gate Champions.

The next event is tomorrow at Mercure Hotel Yokosuka in Kanagawa. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: The promotion has announced that Diamante, who lost his mask in his last DG match earlier this year, will return tomorrow and will now be known as Luis Mante.

Dragon Gate 10/5/23 Results

Dragon Gate ran the 3rd standalone “Heroic Legend Rei-Zero” event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 328.

Match 1: Kagetora & Hikaru Sato beat Punch Tominaga & Ryu Kawamura by KO. Sato beat Tominaga with a headbutt.

Match 2: Open The Owarai Gate Champion Kikutaro vs. Lingerie Muto went to a double KO. However, based on audience support, Muto is declared the winner and wins the title. Muto becomes the 33rd Open The Owarai Gate Champion. (This is a comedy title where the champion is decided not necessarily by match result, but by audience decision afterwards)

Match 3: Mochizuki Jr., Yoshiki Kato & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Kai Fujimura, Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada (Pro Wrestling NOAH) went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat YAMATO & Don Fujii. Kitamiya beat Fujii with Prison Lock.

Main Event: Dragon Kid & Masato Tnaaka beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Fujita ‘Jr.” Hayato (Michinoku Pro). Tanaka pinned Mochizuki after Sliding D.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Impact Wrestling 10/5/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling in Memphis, TN:

This episode was taped 9/23 & 9/24 and is Week 2 of Mid-South Mayhem.

The YouTube pre-show match was Savannah Evens vs. Jessicka. (Evans won)

Match 1: Tasha Steelz beat Killer Kelly.

Tommy Dreamer promo. He called out Crazzy Steve. Long Dreamer talk before they hugged it out, at which time Steve stabbed Dreamer in the back with a fork.

Match 2: Jordynne Grace, Eric Young, Champagne Singh, Dirty Dango & Jake Something beat KiLynn King, Jody Threat, Brian Myers, Shera & Bully Ray. Something pinned Shera after Into The Void.

Match 3: In a Fans Revenge Match, where fans around the ring could attack wrestlers with straps when they were outside the ring with both feet on the floor, Ace Austin & Chris Bey beat John Skyler & TBA, which turned out to be Jai Vidal. Austin pinned Skyler after 1…2…Sweet.

Match 4: Moose beat Bhupinder Gujjar. Steve Maclin confronted Moose afterwards until PCO came out and cleaned house. Maclin bailed right into another GORE! GORE! GORE! from Rhino.

Austin & Bey cash in their Feast Or Fired Impact Tag Team Championship match for Bound For Glory.

Alex Shelley joins commentary for the next match.

Main Event: Josh Alexander beat Kon. Shelley then confronted Alexander in the ring. When Alexander left he shoulder butted Shelley and Shelley then hit Shell Shock, spiking Alexander on his head and knocking off his headgear.

Next week: Impact Tag Team Champions Rascalz vs. Rich Swann & Sami Callihan for the titles (winners defend at Bound For Glory vs. Austin & Bey), Jake Something vs. Dirty Dango, Jordynne Grace, Eric Young & Champagne Singh in a 5-way with the winner getting the #20 and last entry spot in a Call Your Shot Gauntlet at Bound For Glory and the loser getting the #1 and first entry spot, and Eddie Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian for the final time in a 2/3 Falls match.

Added to Bound For Glory: Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly vs. Tasha Steelz & Deonna Purrazzo for the titles and Will Ospreay vs. Mike Bailey.

All-Japan 10/5/23 Results

All-Japan ran a special Rising Hayato Produced event today focused on younger wrestlers and those with less than 10 years of career experience.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 332, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Dan Tamura & Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue & Issei Onitsuka (GLEAT). Abe pinned Inoue.

Match 2: Ryuki Honda, Daiki Shimomura & Leo Isaka (?) beat Soma Watanabe, Jun Tonsho (GLEAT) & ?. Honda pinned ? after Final Vent.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori beat Takahiro Katori.

Match 4: Hayato Tamura, Check Shimatani (GLEAT) & Takaaki Iwasaki beat Jun & Rei Saito & Eien (?) Ieasaki. Tamura pinned Iwasaki after a lariat.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi & Takuya Nomura beat Yuma Anzai & Ayato Toshida. Aoyagi pinned Anzai after THE FOOL.

Main Event: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat MAO & Rukiya (DDT). Hayato pinned MAO after Sid Vicious.

A second event of this theme has been announced for 12/21.

The next event is Sunday at Supaku Yamabe in Yamagata. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV shortly after the evvent concludes.

DDT News: Full 11/12 Card Announced

DDT has announced the full card for their 11/12 blowout event at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, which is also the Saki Akai Retirement Event. Akai’s final match will be a loaded trios match as she teams with Eruption factionmates Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani to face a CyberFight all-star trio of Naomichi Marufuji from Pro Wresting NOAH, Miyu Yamashita from Tokyo Joshi Pro, and Kazusada Higuchi.

The full card:
KANON & MJ Paul vs. Naruki Doi & Kazuma Sumi, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ishida and Takeshi Masada & Rukiya in a 5-way
Tokyo Joshi Pro 6-woman tag match. Participants will be announced at 10/9 TJPW event
Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Makoto Oishi & Shinichiro Kawamatsu vs. Yoshitatsu, Yoshihiko, Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine
Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya vs. Toshizo, Jun & Rei Saito (All-Japan)
Daisuke Sasaki vs. Tetsuya Endo
Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) vs. Kazuki Hirata
KO-D Tag Team Champions Takao Soma & Shota vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda for the titles
DDT Universal Champion Matt Cardona vs. MAO for the title
Saki Akai Retirement Match-“Strong, Noble, Beautiful”-Saki Akai, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Miyu Yamashita & Kazusada Higuchi
Chris Jericho (All Elite Wrestling) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Yuki Ueno for the title